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How to record my lectures
Before getting started on how to record lectures, the questions of what do I want to
record and why, because this will determine exactly what is needed to produce the final
content. If the desire of the lecturer is simply to record their lecture, with the lecturer
working on the whiteboard, as was the case with Mr Lukkarinen, it is possible to use a
regular camera to get the job done. According to the Teaching with Digital Video-book,
research has demonstrated that students learn more from a combination of words and
pictures than from text alone. This is an important aspect that should be taken into
consideration when thinking about recording lectures, as the idea of including as much
as material into a video for a lecture can increase the workload of a teacher by ten-fold.
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Therefore an easy step-by-step approach will be taken, depicting two different scenari-
os. For additional simplicity, Adobe ConnectPro will be used for the second scenario
due to its usage in Metropolia.
Step 1: Planning
Plan the lesson and determine what is wanted to be recorded, the content of the video
lecture; Is a video capture required to display material such as PowerPoint slides
needed or is the lecturer and whiteboard enough.
If the lecturer has no need of a video capture, move to step 2a, if video capturing is
required on top of camera footage of lecturer move to step 2b.
Step 2: Acquiring the equipment and software.
A camera and microphone are required for recording, and in some cases extra lighting
and a tripod may be required.
2a: If no video capture required; Obtain a camera and possibly a microphone if the
camera is far from the lecturer.
2b: If video-capturing is required; Obtain a webcam, microphone and an Adobe Con-
nectPro license (if not already acquired by Metropolia).